[3830] [VUCG] WAE CW VU2MUD Single Op LP

[Prasad VU2PTT]

Good show Madhu, the QTC part really makes this contest one of my favorites.

The RTTY version of this contest can be quite some fun, everyone can send and copy QTCs 😜

73

Prasad VU2PTT

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> On 15-Aug-2016, at 8:02 PM, vu2mud at yahoo.co.uk [VUCG] <VUCG at yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> 
> WAE DX Contest, CW
> 
> Call: VU2MUD
> Operator(s): VU2MUD
> Station: VU2MUD
> 
> Class: Single Op LP
> QTH: MK83SA
> Operating Time (hrs): 11:22
> 
> Summary:
> Band  QSOs  QTCs  Mults
> -------------------------
>   80:                 
>   40:                 
>   20:  156   148    66
>   15:  200   197    68
>   10:                 
> -------------------------
> Total:  356   345   134  Total Score = 93,934
> 
> Club: VU Contest Group
> 
> Comments:
> 
> This is a contest I look forward to as the opening of the Contest Season.  WAE
> CW until CQWW - CW is a hectic period!! This was like a warm up.  Propogation
> looked up a couple of days before the contest weekend increasing hopes of a
> good show.  Being the festival period in South India - a festival was
> celebrated on Friday - the start to the contest was expected to be a little
> later than I would have liked.  I could start off at 0700 UTC.  Had a quick
> look at 28Mhz and as anticipated heard only 3-4 stations.  So not wasting any
> more time, started off on 21Mhz where I found good activity - although the QSB
> was dominant.  
> The first 6 hours brought in 143 Q's on 15m and 13 Q's on 20m - with an almost
> equal number of QTCs sent - Netting close to 300 points - averaging close to
> 50/hr.  Not bad for a start.  The next couple of hours were dull with 15m
> closing and 20m not opening until 1500 UTC - so took time out and finished
> dinner.  The next hour - 77 minutes to be precise - brought in 130 QSO points -
> Q's and QTCs combined - averaging 100/hr.  20m died down and CQing in vain
> brought no Qs.  So signed off for Day 1
> 
> Day - 2 brought in even more frustration as 20m did not open as anticipated in
> the morning between 0100 - 0300 UTC - 5 Q's in the entire period !!!! An
> external visit took out the next 6 hours and could get back to the shack only
> at 0900 UTC.  15m opening was rather weak with even the usually loud Eastern EU
> stns. coming in very weak - Making 100 QSO Points - Q's and QTC combined at a
> miserly 38 Qs/ Hour!!!!  With 15m closing and 20m not opening, took a break
> till 1400 UTC.  By that time I had reached 200 Q's on 15m.
> My next target to get to 300 Qs total or 150 Qs on 20m - before closing.  The
> period between 1410 and 1603 UTC - was fairly productive - netting 136 points
> at a fair rate of 72/ hr.
> 
> My lack of a proper 40m antenna and being in the shack at the proper time
> probably cost me another 100 Qs and QTCs.  Propogation being low, I noticed
> that most of the EUs were coming in rather weak - including the usual BIG GUNS
> who were getting affected by QSB.  A good lesson in propogation and a fair test
> in my listening of weak signals.  I hope I do not lose too many points!!
> 
> Will be back for more next year - probably more time and better propogation
> permitting.
> 
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